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J. P. APPLEBY. SELF BINDING HARVESTER.

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SELF BINDING HARVESTER.

No. 587,668. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

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SELF BINDING HARVESTER.

No. 587,668. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

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SELF BINDING HARVESTER. No. 587,668. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. APPIIEBY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASS IGN- MEN-TS, TO DAVID KELLY, OE SAME PLACE.

SELF-BINDING HARVESTER.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,668, dated August 3, 1897. Application filed March 4,, 1895. Serial No. 540,428. No model.)

To (tZZ whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. APPLEBY, of Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self -Binding Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'certain improvements in self-binding harvesters, and has for its object to adapt a binder of this class to all conditions of grain. For example, often in the same field of grain there will be portions which have attained a rank growth and the stalks of grain are longer than in other portions. Further, in some portions of the same field, owing to the character of the soil or the altitude of the ground, the grain will be light or fluffy. It is therefore desirable to have a self-binder so constructed that it may be adjusted to these varying kinds of grain readily and without stopping the machine or necessitating the driver leaving his seat. To attain these results, my invention relates to means for shifting the binder at right angles to the elevator, so as to bring the binding mechanism to the middle of the length of the gavel whatever the length of the grain may be.

My improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a skeleton view of the means for shifting the binder. Figs. 4 to 8, inclusive, are details of various parts of the mechanism for shifting the binder.

In the drawings, A represents the grainplatform; B, the elevator; O, the grain-deck; E, the drivers seat.

In order to adapt the machine to operate upon short fluffy grain, which is usually light in weight and has a tendency to work over the rear edge of the platform and back of the elevator, I employ the hinged grain-boards F G, the former being hinged to the rear edge of the platform A and the latter being hinged to the rear edge of the elevator-frame. These boards are adapted to be folded up, so as to close the back of the platform and elevator, as

shown in Fig. 1, or to belet down, so as to form a continuation of the platform and elevator, respectively. The inner ends of the boards overlap, as seen in Fig. 2, and when they are folded up they are held by means of a latch V The binder is mounted upon and adapted to slide laterally with the grain-deck O. The latter has its upper edge riding in a groove or way formed in the castings I, while the outer edge of the grain-deck is secured with the binder mechanism, which is adapted to slide upon a pipe J, supported on a casting K, which is bolted to the pipe J and supported by the braces L, secured to the main frame. The grain-deck and binding mechanism are adapted to be moved forward and back in the direction of movement of the machine in order to bring the knot-tying mechanism centrally of the gavel. This is accomplishedby instrumentalities shown in the drawings and comprising an operating-lever M, having a crank-handle m and a crank end m, which passes through the eye of a stop-arm N. Said stop-arm is pivotally secured to the rack-segment 0, which is bolted on the pipe J. The stop-arm N has a stud n, which carries a sleeve or washer P, the stud being provided with a locking-lug n, passing through a channel p in the sleeve. Aeonnecting-rod Q has an eye turned around the body of the sleeve P and a hooked end which engages with the corner of the frame of the binding mechanism. The crank-handle of the operating-lever M is within reach of the driver, who, by rocking said lever in its bearings, turns the stop-arm N on the rack-segment O, and thus moves the rod Q endwise, reciprocating the graindeck and binding mechanism. The stop-arm when at rest enters one of the notches on the rack segment 0, and the binding mechanism is therefore locked in its adjusted position. loosely through a keeper M at its inner end.

I claim-e 1. In a self-binding harvester, the combination with a sliding grain-deck having the binding mechanism moving therewith, of means for moving said deck and binding mechanism comprising a cranked operatingrod, a pivoted stop-arm adapted to be rocked The operating-lever M may pass on its pivot by the operating-rod, a rod connected to the binding mechanism and with the stop-arm eccentrically to its pivot and a series of stops to engage the stop-arm Whereby to lock the shift able parts in their adjusted positions, substantially as described.

2. In a self-binding harvester, the combination with a sliding grain -dec'k,- binding mechanism moving therewith, means for supporting and sliding said grain-deck and binding mechanism, said means consisting of a support arranged parallel to the outer edge of the grain-deck, brackets connected with the main frame and to which said support is secured, a rack-plate secured to said support, a stop-arm pivotally connected thereto and having a stud provided with a lug thereon, a sleeve having a groove through which said stud may pass, a'connecting-rod secured with r 

